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a Prominent Wisconsin Republican
Thinks Gov. Rusk WoIld Make a
Pretty Good President.
he Says His Party Must Do Something
to Prevent the State From
Voting for Villas.
Beverly Tucker and William Ftzhugh
Randolph Speak Of the President
and His Policy.
Tie Former Somewhat Opposed to His
Indifference, But Believes He Will Be
Reelected in 1883.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-Capt. Will
lam A. Cook, of Wisconsin. is one of the
leaders Of his party in his state, and has
ideas concerning the supremacy of the
great state in national councils. He
says:
"Other states are bringing out
their candidates, and Wisconsin will do
so too. Gov. Rusk is as good presiden-
tial timber as there is in the Republican
party. Sherman killed himself by his
Springfield speech. What unlucky star
led him to Springfield no one knows.
What wicked spirit induced him to make
such an impolitic speech he cannot
probably tell himself. His boom was
good one, but he has applied the knife
to its throat. Blaine is an impoSSibility.
Even his friends admit that. l have
been Blaine man since 'T6; but it is
useless to think of nominating him now,
since it has been demonstrated that he
cannot be elected. He is a great man.
l believe he is the greatest man the
Republican party has produced since
can be elected. Allison is too quiet.
He slipped into congress by sharp prac-
tice, and then again he quietly slipped
into the senate by cute deal with
Wilson. He expects to slip into the
presidency in the same way; but that is
too big an office to slip into. He is
known as one of the Blaine men, and
THE HEIR OF BLAINE,
and it is useless to think that Conkling
would support him. | see that CuIlom
is being urged by Illinois,: but the in
1o,. -
thing that he has tied his name to. and
it looks little as though that would
prove a failure. Besides, if it proves to
be a success, the Democrats can claim it.
because it is really the Reagan bill done
over. Senator Reagan, of Texas, was
member of the Democratic house, and
he first introduced the bill. Harrison,
of Indiana, is a good man, but he could
not carry his own state for the senate.
He made his best effort and that produced
only a tie. lie is not the man we want.
We want no fellows coming down the
home stretch with a neck and neck race,
and both coming under the wire at the
same time. Minnesota has not single
presidential possibility. McGill is good
timber but he isn't strong enough for
the presidency, as he came near being
beaten last year. Senator Davis is bet
ter, but he has his national reputation
yet to make. Michigan has nothing bet
ter than the bounding Burrows. Michi-
gan is out of the way. The president
must be chosen from the West or the
Northwest. | cannot see any one ON
the field who cuts so large a figure as
Coy. RuSk, of Wisconsin. OF course l
will be quoted as little local politician,
with no eyes to see beyond the bounda-
rieS- of my own state. But l have
looked
THE WHOLE FIELD OVER,
and see no timber so good as RuSk. His
name at the head of the national ticket
would represent the best elements of
all the states. He is a man of national
reputation, and free from all political
either in the party of his own state or in
the party at large. In my judgment he
is the only man without enmitieS who
can be selected in the Republican party.
He is labOring man, he is a temper
ance man and a church man. He is
Republican, and one of the most sue
cessful in the country"
Captain, are the Republicans of Wis
conSin thinking of nominating Gov.
RuSk in the next conventiOn?"
Il cannot say just what the Repub-
icans of Wisconsin are doing as yet, for
l have been attending to private buSi-
ness for some time. But you may
be sure that the merits of
their best man will not be
overlooked. No man in the Northwest
has such strong hold upon his party as
jeremiah NJ. Rusk, and no man will
have warmer friends i'll the convention
than he will. His merits are well
known to the West, and they will be
introduced properly to the Republicans
of the country when the proper time
comes. Besides Wisconsin is close
state in many respects, and that fact
must be considered by the Republican
party in its national convention. Our
STATE the has nn Paag 9a ns enmgn parts and
we owe it to ourselves to demand
leading place hereafter. Besides, the
Democrats will put Villas in their second
place, and we must meet him."